psychopath

psy·cho·path  (sk-pth)

n.

A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse.

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[Back-formation from psychopathic.]

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psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ]

n

(Psychiatry) a person afflicted with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts Also called sociopath

psychopathic  adj

psychopathically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

psychopath - someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') sociopath mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis

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psychopath

noun madman, lunatic, maniac, psychotic, nutter (Brit. slang), basket case (slang), nutcase (slang), sociopath, headcase (informal), mental case (slang), headbanger (informal), insane person She was abducted by a dangerous psychopath.

Translations

psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ] N → psicópata mf

psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ] n → psychopathe mf

psychopath

n → Psychopath(in) m(f)

psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ] n → psicopatico/a

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psychopath [ˈsaɪkəʊˌpæθ] n → psicopatico/a